Rocker for baby-carriages.



A. RAPHAEL.

ROCKER FOR BABY GARRIAGES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25,

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY lllil l'fllFiD STATES PATENT UFFICE.

ALBERT RAPHAEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ROCKER FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

Application filed May 25, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT RAPHAEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rockers for Baby Carriages, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to rockers for carriages and light vehicles so that they may be converted into cribs by attaching the device to the wheels of said carriages as will be more fully explained in the following specification, set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved rockers applied to a carriage. F i i2 is a plan view of one of the rockers. 1* ig. 3 is a cross sectional view. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the inside of one of the rockers. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the slide. Fig. 6 is a modified form of rocker. Fig. 7 is a cross section through same.

This invention is intended to supply a want, while it renders possible the conversion of a carriage into a cradle so that two articles for childrens use may be combined in one, and it consists of a rocker made up of two side pieces 10-1O having an inner groove 11 and united by means of the cross rods 12. The grooves 11 run the entire length of each rocker and are adapted to carry sliding frames 13 of metal and preferably of wire which are rectangular and have at their inner sides the offsets 11 which may be used as handles to manipulate them and at the same time these offsets are designed to fit over the rim of the wheel and attach the rockers thereto. The inner sides of the frames 13 are also provided with springs 15 which are attached to the inner cross bars and normally hold the frames 13 in their inner positions.

When it is desired to attach the rockers to the wheels of the carriage, the frames 13 are drawn outward against the tension of the springs 15, and when the frames are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

Serial No. 629,315.

released they grip the two wheels at that end of the carriage and firmly secure the rocker to the said wheels.

This form of rocker constitutes a simple and substantial means for quickly converting a baby carriage into a cradle or the de- Vice permits of the immediate release of the wheels and removal of the rockers when the carriage is to be used as a vehicle.

It is obvious that the parts may be otherwise arranged or modified without departing from the essential features above described.

Instead of the sliding clamp 13, the rockers may be made in two parts, 15 and 16 as shown in Figs. (3 and 7, the opposite parts being united by the bars 17 with upwardly extending lingers 18 to grasp the wheels from the outside. A spring 19 under tension and connecting the bars 17 draws the sections of the rockers together and causes the fingers to engage the wheels.

In order to prevent the sections from separating, they are tongued and grooved throughout their length.

What 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. In a rocker for carriages, the combination with two parallel members having grooves on their inner faces, of cross rods connecting the two members, frames with hooks sliding in the grooves and adapted to engage the wheels, and springs connecting the frames with adjacent cross bars.

2. In a rocker for carriages, the combination with a rectangular metal frame having a hook at one side, of rockers secured together by cross bars and having grooves on their inner faces to receive the fame, and springs connected with the frames to cause them to engage the wheels.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT RAPHAEL.

itnesses J AMES F. DUIIAMEL, Mnnnnniivn Mini-Inn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

